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JOHN F. ADAMS, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

n 'Laim Patent No. 89,002, dated April 2o, 1869.

IMPROVED GOLD-LEAF CONDENSER.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere. Patent and making par: of the name.`

Zo all whom it ma/y cmwcm Be it known that I, JOHN F. ADAMS, of .the city and county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts,-

To enable'others skilled in the art to make anduse my invention, I will proceed to describe' its construction and use.

In the drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, as it appears when open, the leaf H K, to be operated upon, lying'upon the apron D.

Figures 2 and 3 represent vertical section in the implement, as it appears while under manipulation, in the process of rolling and condensing the foil.

I construct my machine as follows: I

A and B represent two sheets of thin metal, provided with handles, O and C', figs. 2 and 3.

D is an apron, made of any suitable 4flexible mate* rial, one edge of which is attached to the plate B, and the other to the plate A, as represented in the drawin s.

gIo use my implement, I proceed as'follows:

The two plates, A and B, 'are drawn apart, so as to extend the -apron D, as represented in fig. l. The leaf H K is laid upon it, as represented in g. 1. Now, by.taking hold of the two handles, O and O', and bringe ing the two plates together, as represented in figs. 2 and 3, the apron D, containing the leaf, will be folded between them.- Now, if they are pressed together, and

be given a sliding motion, oneupon another, the leaf will, by the action of the apron D, be rolled together, and condensed, ready for use.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I will now proceed to set forth my claim.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is

As a new article of manufacture, a leaf-condenser,

consisting of the two plates A and B, combined with the apron D, operated substantially -as described, and for theQpurpose set forth. y

JOHN F.. ADAMS. Witnesses:

WILLIAM EDsoN, A.; Hon BERRY. 

